Republican Roy Moore picked up a hard-hitting endorsement in his bid for chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, earning the support of actor and conservative activist Chuck Norris.

Norris, a martial arts master and action movie star, named Moore among a group of "True Patriots" running for office in 2012. In addition to Moore, the list included U.S. Rep. Michelle Bachmann, R-Minn.; U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Fla.; Republican Senate candidates Ted Cruz of Texas and Todd Akin of Missouri; and Samuel Joseph "Joe The Plumber" Wurzelbacher, a Republican candidate for Congress in Ohio.

The candidates "are fighting worthy battles in state election arenas at this very moment," Norris wrote in a column posted to the conservative blog HumanEvents.com.

"What's critical for victory in each of these political rings is that every one of us patriots gets out of the bleachers and onto the battlefield, too."

Moore faces Democrat Bob Vance, a Jefferson County circuit judge, in the Nov. 6 general election.

Norris also backed Moore in his 2010 Republican gubernatorial bid. The former star of "Walker, Texas Ranger" is the second celebrity to endorse Moore's bid for chief justice this year.

Vance has received endorsements from retired Alabama Supreme Court Justice Gorman Houston, a Republican, and former U.S. Rep. Jack Edwards, R-Mobile.

Moore, of Gadsden, gained fame for erecting a monument to the Ten Commandments in the state Judicial Bulding in 2003, during his previous tenure as chief justice. He was later removed from the court for failing to obey a federal judge's order to remove the monument, and made unsuccessful bids for governor in 2006 and 2010.